SOLUTION: At Fridays football game, the athletic boosters sold three times as many hot dogs as brownies. Altogether 500 were sold. How many of each item were sol?

SOLUTION: At Fridays football game, the athletic boosters sold three times as many hot dogs as brownies. Altogether 500 were sold. How many of each item were sol?

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Question 957677: At Fridays football game, the athletic boosters sold three times as many hot dogs as brownies. Altogether 500 were sold. How many of each item were sol?
Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
B=number of brownies; H=number of hot dogs=3B
B+H=500 Substitute for H.
B+3B=500
4B=500 Divide each side by 4.
B=125 ANSWER 1: 125 brownies were sold.
H=3B=3(125)=375 ANSWER 2: 375 hot dogs were sold.

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